From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 231 The First Creation of Man
Upon hearing that You Ming actually possessed a [Creation Pool] and wanted to recruit him, He Bo agreed without hesitation.

He only needs to pay 25% of the cost to not only obtain 20% of the incense revenue, but also to expand his territory.

The River God is similar in nature to the City God.

If he could defend the entire Yinshan region, he would be able to open up a great river that stretches for thousands of miles, and the River God's authority and power would naturally increase greatly.

Compared to incense offerings, this is the most important thing.

This deal is such a great deal!

You Ming calculated his current total incense offerings. His entire wealth, accumulated over the past ten years, is approximately 400,000 divine power.

This is undoubtedly an astronomical figure; even many sixth- or seventh-rank deities cannot earn this much divine power.

However, You Ming relied on his ability to grant children, and because he didn't use much incense during his cultivation, he was able to accumulate such a large number of offerings.

In comparison, the City God's incense offerings are not as abundant as You Minggao's.

Previously, the City God entrusted the population of 23 villages to You Ming's jurisdiction and gave him 50% of the incense offerings. Logically, his wealth should be greater than You Ming's.

However, in order to be promoted to a prefecture, Changning County had used up almost all of its divine power reserves, and now the City God could only mobilize less than 100,000 units of divine power.

If too many deities are dispatched, we might not even be able to pay their salaries next month.

The River God's situation is slightly better, but he is also slow in earning incense offerings. Even after so many years of accumulation, he can only offer 120,000 units of divine power.

But this time, the City God and the River God knew that the opportunity was rare. The City God actually used the incense revenue of Changning Prefecture for the next hundred years as collateral to borrow divine power from the high-ranking officials of Bingzhou and other prefectural city gods in one go.

The River God also showed his old face, but borrowed divine power and incense from all over the place.

In just half a month, the City God managed to gather 600,000 units of divine power, while the River God managed to gather 300,000 units of divine power. It can be said that they really went all out.

Of course, the reason the City God was able to do so smoothly was that he had revealed his connections and ability to access the [Creation Pool].

In any case, the Shenhua people will eventually fill the entire Yinshan Mountains, and it can't be hidden from outsiders, so it's better to be open about it.

He just didn't say that the Creation Pool belonged to You Ming, otherwise many people would probably use various pretexts to ask You Ming to borrow the Creation Pool, which would only cause trouble for You Ming.

When others heard that the City God actually had the opportunity to borrow the "Pool of Creation," they marveled at his incredible luck and readily lent out their incense offerings.

After all, it involves interest and the risk is minimal, so everyone is happy to make this connection.

Therefore, in the end, the three of them invested a total of 1.2 million units of divine power.

You Ming's savings accumulated over the years were suddenly reduced to only 100,000. The other two gods fared even worse, not only losing all their savings but also incurring a huge debt.

But everyone was in high spirits; having so much divine power meant they could create a large number of divine beings.

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First, the consensus to be reached is that this newly manufactured mythical being must be cost-effective.

If one wants to create a divine race that is close to or surpasses human intelligence, although the incense offerings will be more profitable in the end, the consumption of divine power is too great. Each divine race requires a hundred streams of divine power. Even if they have 1.2 million divine power, they can only create a little over 10,000 people, which is definitely not feasible.

Therefore, the wisdom of the divine beings created must be reduced, and the highest level of wisdom can only be half that of humans.

This significantly reduced the amount of energy consumed.

Secondly, the appearance of these deified beings must be similar to that of humans, because they may come into contact with humans in the future, and the difference cannot be too great.

Finally, they need to live deep in the mountains, in a way that separates them from human activity areas, so their physical structure needs to be better adapted to mountain life.

After all the discussions were completed, You Ming began to adjust the [Creation Pool].

...Within the Youming Cave Heaven, a round pool with restrained radiance lies quietly on the earth.

The pool water was calm and still, filled with a light white mist, giving it a vibrant appearance.

This object is none other than the [Creation Pool].

You Ming sat upright, his divine senses swirling, and a massive amount of divine power surged behind him.

"Lower the intelligence a bit, now it will probably require fifteen strands of divine power, that's fine, that's fine..."

You Ming's divine sense merged with the [Creation Pool], attempting to "create a person" for the first time.

Because divine power itself is a near-omnipotent force that can evolve everything, using the [Creation Pool] to create divine beings does not require any other materials; divine power can simulate everything.

In You Ming's consciousness, a thin figure had already appeared in the [Creation Pool].

It is roughly humanoid, but very thin, with a slightly curved back, long and thin limbs, sharp nails, and a head that is narrower than that of a normal human.

"Since we're living in the mountains, let's add a layer of [Stone Skin Resistance]..."

You Ming was slowly adjusting, but he had just added a new ability to this creature, and the consumption of divine power suddenly reached fifty strands.

No, no, he had used up too much divine power, so he immediately removed the ability.

He tried adding abilities such as [Earth Sense Resonance] and [Spiritual Power Adaptation], but these abilities were still too expensive, causing a surge in divine power consumption.

"Hmm... how about trying [Mountain Stealth]?"

You Ming carefully removed the newly added abilities and then added new ones.

This time, the total consumption of divine power was approximately eighteen strands.

You Ming breathed a sigh of relief; this was within an acceptable range.

The so-called "mountain stealth" means being able to blend one's aura into the mountains and forests while walking, and being adept at concealment and ambush in mountainous environments.

"Let's add another ability, otherwise, relying solely on stealth might not be enough to protect ourselves in the mountains."

Youming created this new creature not to serve as food for wild beasts in the mountains; stealth alone would probably not be enough.

"Add another [Superior Vision]... No, no, that's too expensive. Let's change it to [Precision] instead."

After numerous adjustments, You Ming finally determined the abilities of this new creature.

This new creature has a body similar to that of a human, but is inferior in physical strength and intelligence. However, it is adept at stealthily moving through the mountains and forests, and its [Precision] ability allows it to carry out ranged attacks, such as shooting arrows or throwing.

Perhaps one or two, but their strength is very weak.

However, creating one such life form only consumes 20 units of divine power, which means that You Ming and the others can create 60,000 in one go.

If these 60,000 divine beings can cooperate with each other, and given their decent intelligence, at least the wild beasts in the mountains will no longer pose a threat to them.

Don't be fooled by the seemingly small number; if we were to send in a few more humans, we could barely hold off this thousand-mile territory.

At least they won't have to give up most of the territory they occupy.

You Ming examined the life form he had initially calibrated, and after thinking for a moment, he felt that something was still missing.

Oh, right, looks!
This race's appearance is rather average, because their facial features are automatically generated by the Creation Pool without any special adjustments.

Since improving appearance doesn't require any extra divine power, and given his current itchiness, he felt like he was back in the character creation phase of a game, ready to give this new race a makeover.

(End of this chapter)